Shouldn't "Chinatown" be a Racist Term?

[Seymour Flops]

PBS just did a story on how "Chinatowns" are suffering from the pandemic more so than . . . I guess they would say "Mexicotowns," or "Englandtowns," or "Africatowns." Only racists obsess this much about race.

At least they avoided calling anyone they interviewed "Chinaman," or "Mama-San."

 

[johngaltshrugged]

Chinamen might be offended if any of them could speak Engrish

 

[MaryL]

PBS occasionally has some great programing. A vestige of the past, say pre 2012 (?). Like the BBC, all they do NOW is pander and genuflect to fleeting political bullshit.

 

[IM2]

This is stupid.

 

[JGalt]

This is stupid.

Don't blame, I not the one who writes these racist Wikipedia entries.

Darktown - Wikipedia

 

[1srelluc]

Don't blame, I not the one who writes these racist Wikipedia entries.

Darktown - Wikipedia

Hell every town had a section the dems referred to as Black Bottom.

 

[ThomasSowellsFro]

I guess Fox News are racists and obsessed with race, then. You played yourself.

 

[Unkotare]

....

At least they avoided calling anyone they interviewed .... "Mama-San."

You know that wouldn't refer to a Chinese person, right?

 

[Seymour Flops]

You know that wouldn't refer to a Chinese person, right?

Right. I believe the "Flops san" or "Unkotare san" convention is Japanese. But racists often say that to any Asian woman.

 

[Unkotare]

Right. I believe the "Flops san" or "Unkotare san" convention is Japanese. But racists often say that to any Asian woman.

Where?